Alexandra Danison, 32, of Palm Springs was charged with DUI late Wednesday after she refused a police officer’s direction to make a U-turn at the Southern Boulevard Bridge police checkpoint, a police report said.

She was booked at Palm Beach County Jail, where she provided two breath-alcohol samples, the report said. The first registered 0.28 — or 350 percent above Florida’s legal limit of .08 — and the second test was similar,with a level of 0.277, the report said.

Danison, who was the sole occupant of the 2016 white Dodge, told police she had been drinking at a friend’s house, the report said.

She was released Thursday on her own recognizance, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office blotter.

Following standard procedure after hurricanes, the town set up security checkpoints after Sunday’s storm at all of the access points into Palm Beach. Only residents, business owners and verified employees were allowed onto the island Wednesday night, and a townwide curfew was in place from dusk to dawn.

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